Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Committee on Assessment of Resource Needs for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
National Research Council
The nation has compelling reasons to reduce its consumption of oil and emissions of carbon dioxide. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) promise to contribute to both goals by allowing some miles to be driven on electricity drawn from the grid, with an internal combustion engine that kicks in when the batteries are discharged. However, while […]
